1. Access Services 2.0: Tools for the new era
Andrew Shuping
November 12, 2009
Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University
my presentation is going to be a couple of different things.  i'll discuss what we tried, what filed, and why.  but at the same time i'm going to give you pointers on things to try out.  what you should be on hte look out for

2. What are we covering? Why new tools? What types of things did we try?
What failed?
What worked?
Recommendations
Questions
and yes, i will talk about what failed.  i'll let you know why it failed for us and what i learned from it so that it might work for you

3. Why new tools?
well why not? what stops us from trying new things?  i know we don't fix things unless they are broken, but why not look at how to improve things

4. Exploration
explore what's out there.  what's new, perhaps it simplifies the process, offers more, makes it easier to do, it improves efficiency

5. New some new for the sake of being new
explore what's out there.  what's new, perhaps it simplifies the process, offers more, makes it easier to do, it improves efficiency

6. explore what's out there.  what's new, perhaps it simplifies the process, offers more, makes it easier to do, it improves efficiency

7. Improve efficiency
explore what's out there.  what's new, perhaps it simplifies the process, offers more, makes it easier to do, it improves efficiency

8. Collaboration
more importantly it could help improve collaboration.  with staff working different shifts, sometimes not seeing each other for days at a time what could they do to share their views in different ways.

9. It's Free! tried free tools Why?
Because they were free. it meant i didn't need to go through the long drawn out process of getting money, i could experiment and play without worrying 

10. What we tried Some of the things that we tried in the beginning:
Wiki manual
Google Documents
Blog
Google Map
I came in with new ideas, things to try to help improve some of the things listed above

11. Wiki Manual

13. Google Document (pt 1)

14. ILL Blog

15. ILL Map
and guess what

16. they all failed

17. Why did they fail? Not the right time Not the right people
Not the right interest
Not the right way to present it
Not the right project
i came in thinking, wanting to make things easier and fixing problems that i saw that they didn't see.  i should have talked more.  presented, displayed, changed the culture
it also didn't meet what the users wanted.  blog/map wanted to show more
it also failed because

18. Fear

20. However... Why? Would I try these tools again? Without a doubt.
Why?
Circumstances change.
People change.
Tools get better.

21. What did work? For staff use: Google Calendar Google Documents
LibraryThing 
Flickr
Generating ideas:
Library Society of the World
Twitter
Friendfeed

22. Google Calendar

23. Google Documents (pt. 2)

24. LibraryThing

25. Library Society of the World (LSW)

26. What else do I want to try? IM
YouTube
Wiki...yes again
dropi.o
GoodReads
Ninite

27. dropi.o

28. Ninite

29. Recommendations What is it that you need? Who are the people using it
What tech skills do they have
Find a tool that meets your need
and most importantly...

31. take chances

32. Make some waves

33. Be willing to take u-turns

34. Play! http://www.flickr.com/photos/57617841@N00/842383871/

36. Link for my presentation will be located on my webpage
Thank you!
I can be found at:
ashuping.net
Link for my presentation will be located on my webpage